Elizabeth S. Widdicombe

Lizzie Widdicombe is a writer and editor in the Talk of the Town department at The New Yorker.  

Zen, and Other Journeys

 Recently, my mom was putting books onto a new bookshelf when a red one fell to the floor. “What is this?” she asked, in a...

Women's Center

At the end of a year that has seen various plans for the College (including the curricular review) mark time or unravel, matters are quietly...

Fashion Forward

Drawings by Lewis Albert The spotlights are on and the music is pounding. I am sitting close to the edge of a stage in the darkened Bright...

Reality 101

I wore the wrong shoes to my first day of work this summer. I don’t know what inspired me to choose the pointy black pair with elastic...

A Peak Experience

Douglas Brockmeyer ’82 comes in exactly where more risk-averse people head for safety. At work, he thrives as a pediatric neurosurgeon...